Helen O. Eckenberg, age 88 of Metropolis, Illinois passed away at 3:00 am on Friday, April 1, 2016 at Metropolis Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Funeral services will be held at 2 pm on Sunday, April 3, 2016 at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Metropolis. Rev. Dan Whitfield will officiate. Burial will follow in the St. John Cemetery on Waldo Church Road. Helen was a member of Trinity Presbyterian Church in Metropolis. Helen is survived by 2 sons, Robert Stanley Eckenberg and wife Missy and Bruce Allen Eckenberg and wife Edith; grandchildren, Hannah Hosman and husband Zach, Cyrus Allen Eckenberg and wife Kim, Emma Mittendorf and husband Isaac, and Audrey Eckenberg; great grandchildren, Gabe Hosman, Evie Hosman, Millie Hosman, and Calvin Eckenberg; step grandchildren, Brittany Nelson and husband Gary, Sam Wright and wife Ashley, Gavin Lillevig, Erin Hendley, and Sarah Hendley; step great grandchildren, Caroline Nelson, Jack Nelson, Savannah Nelson, Lyla Nelson, Henry Wright, and Harrison Wright; sister-in-law, Lois Evelyn Westerman; several nieces and nephews. Helen was preceded in death by her parents, George and Emma (Obermark) Hausman; Husband, Robert "Bob" Eckenberg; brother, Leonard Hausman; sister, Dorothy Cagle. Visitation will be held on Saturday evening April 2, 2016 from 6 to 8 pm at the Aikins-Farmer Funeral Home in Metropolis and on Sunday, April 3, 2016 from 11:30 am until 2:00 pm at Trinity Presbyterian Church. Memorials may be made to Trinity Presbyterian Church, 605 Metropolis Street, Metropolis, Illinois 62960. Pallbearers will be Jason Agee, Sam Wright, Michael Logeman, Zach Hosman, Isaac Mittendorf, and Cyrus Eckenberg. Online condolences may be left at www.aikinsfarmer-millerfh.com

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